Is the future of lasers? - WeCreat Vision Laser Cutter & Engraver

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EP1xBCK2yQ

Zusammenfassung

TLDRThis video showcases the improvements in laser diodes for laser cutters and engravers, particularly focusing on a new model that resolves the classical three issues: build quality, air assist, and lack of enclosure. Initially plagued by these problems, versions 1.0 to 2.0 have seen significant improvements with brands like xTool and Atomstack. Still, the absence of an enclosure remained a problem. The reviewed "We Create Vision All-in-One" laser cutter not only solves these problems but offers additional features like movable focusing, reminiscent of technology from Star Wars' lovable droids, and a slat work bed design for easier use. Safety has greatly improved with enclosure features akin to more expensive CO2 machines, offering peace of mind in indoor environments. Branded as an all-in-one machine, it integrates air assist, rotary cutting solutions, camera positioning, and necessary enclosures. Moreover, the "We Create" software provides pre-made setting previews for different materials, easing the user experience by suggesting the optimal settings for cutting or engraving. This machine represents a notable step forward in the laser diode cutter and engraver sector, suitable for varied uses, especially in environments where safety and efficiency are crucial.

Mitbringsel

  • 🔧 Version improvements: Transition from basic to advanced designs.
  • 🚀 All-in-one machine: Solves build, assist, and enclosure issues.
  • 🛡️ Enclosure safety: Prevents accidental exposure, great for environments with kids.
  • 📏 Movable focusing: Adapts to material thickness for precision.
  • 🔍 Integrated camera: Enhances positioning and ease of use.
  • 🌪️ Air assist: Directly integrated, turns on/off with cutting.
  • 🔒 Security: Built-in laser shutdown when open ensures safety.
  • 📏 Slat design: Offers practicality with larger slots for materials.
  • 🖥️ New software: We Create platform offers superior material settings insights.
  • 🔋 20W laser: Balanced power for thin materials and engraving precision.

Zeitleiste

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    Laser cutters and engravers have evolved, addressing most of their initial issues related to build quality and air assist. Version 1.0 of diode lasers were criticized for poor construction and lack of features like air assist and enclosures. Version 2.0 significantly improved these aspects with companies like xtool and Atomstack integrating better build and air assist systems. However, the lack of an enclosure remained a problem until the advent of version 3.0, exemplified by the We Create Vision all-in-one laser cutter and engraver. This machine not only addresses the previously unaddressed issue of an enclosure but also features an adjustable focus system akin to those found on high-end galvo machines, with a movable body for better thickness accommodation and safety features that match CO2 machines.

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    Version 3.0 also includes advancements like an integrated rotary tool, positioning camera, and a user-friendly software system called We Create Make it, allowing for local connectivity and project planning. It boasts a 20-watt laser, which is a sweet spot for thin materials, combining strength with fine engraving capability. The machine's sturdy construction minimizes movement during operation, standing out in a category typically marred by instability. Notably, the software offers a unique feature not seen in others, providing live previews of engraving settings. The product blends safety, such as an obligatory manual start button similar to higher-end models like Glowforge, with innovative ease-of-use enhancements. This thoughtful integration of features positions the product as an advanced solution to previous limitations in laser cutting and engraving technology.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What are the three main problems with older laser diodes?

    Older laser diodes had issues with build quality, lack of air assist, and absence of enclosure.

  • What improvements are present in version 2.0 of laser diodes?

    Version 2.0 saw improvements in build quality and integrated air assist.

  • What does the new laser cutter and engraver feature to solve past issues?

    The new machine features an enclosure, improved air assist, and a movable system for better focusing.

  • Is the video a product review?

    No, it is a product feature as stated by the creator, who was paid to make the video.

  • How does the laser focus in the new machine?

    The laser focuses using two red dots that converge into one as the focus is achieved.

  • What is unique about the work bed design in the new machine?

    The machine has a slat design work bed which is easier to work with compared to the honeycomb design.

  • How is safety addressed in the new machine?

    The machine has a Class 1 laser with safety features to stop laser operation when the enclosure is opened.

  • What power does the new laser cutter offer?

    The new laser cutter has a 20 watt laser.

  • What software comes with this new laser cutter?

    The software is called 'We Create,' running locally on machines, offering features like pre-calculated settings for different materials.

  • What unique software feature is included in the new laser system?

    The software includes preview images with recommended settings for different materials, helping users select the best options.

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    dial laser cutters and engravers have
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    had three big problems and over the last
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    two years all those problems have been
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    fixed except for one we're gonna talk
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    about this machine right here that
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    finally fixes all three of those
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    problems so the first version of these
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    laser diodes I'm going to call version
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    1.0 they were kind of cheaply
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    constructed kind of rickety some of the
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    first stuff you saw from otour things I
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    was reviewing a couple years ago they
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    did a good job but they really
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    highlighted those three big problems
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    first was that build quality I mean they
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    got the job done but they kind of felt
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    like a toy and sometimes the alignment
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    wasn't right and things were just messed
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    up so that was a big issue and second
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    was air assist and this is especially
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    true if you're doing any type of cutting
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    and the third problem was the fact that
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    these were all open Gantry designs
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    meaning there was no enclosure so fast
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    forward about another year and we get to
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    version 2.0 of these laser diodes where
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    those first two problems of build
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    quality as well as air assist get fixed
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    these are nicer machines that we're
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    starting to see from xtool as well as
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    atom stack and even in creality their
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    overall construction is great and pretty
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    much all of them now include an air
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    assist that's integrated directly into
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    the laser module itself but those
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    machines still had one big problem that
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    really made it hard for me to recommend
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    it especially if you are in an enclosed
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    environment the fact that they still
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    didn't have an enclosure which brings us
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    to version 3.0 of these machines in this
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    machine right here so drumroll please
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    this is
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    the if I don't drop it we create Vision
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    all-in-one laser cutter and engraver and
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    the all-in-one aspect of this is really
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    key here now I'm going to give you a
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    demo of kind of how this works and all
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    the features that it comes with But be
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    sure and hang around to the very end
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    because there's actually a feature that
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    I haven't seen on any other machine and
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    that includes much more expensive CO2
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    machines that we're going to talk about
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    at the end full disclosure this is a
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    product feature not a product review
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    which means that we create is actually
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    paying me to make this video so this
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    isn't a formal or review and I want to
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    be real clear of that from the get-go so
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    I know before I decide to go in and
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    actually purchase something that's on
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    pre-order I love to see as much about
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    the machine as I possibly can even
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    though it might be coming from the
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    company or it might be a paid feature
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    it's just really nice to see what you're
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    actually going to get so that is my goal
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    for this video now not only does this
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    have an enclosure but this entire thing
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    can actually move up and down and that
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    is how you get focus with your diode
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    laser it kind of reminds me of this
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    crazy little Droid from Star Wars that
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    they had on the show and door last year
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    and he's quickly became one of my
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    favorite
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    two yeah so not my total favorite
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    yeah yeah we'll we'll get back into the
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    uh the review and I'll also try to give
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    you my body at some point and the
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    ability for this to move gives you a
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    really nice thickness for your z-axis
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    it's 140 millimeters without the laser
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    bed so the slats at the bottom or it's
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    100 millimeters if you have those
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    included and the reason that it moves is
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    so that the laser can focus depending on
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    the material thickness that you are
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    working with I'm not totally sure how
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    this is actually focusing now it does
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    have two red dots that slowly get closer
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    and closer to each other and then they
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    are basically one dot and once it's
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    focused that's something that you see on
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    galvo machines if you're manually
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    focusing it so I believe it's doing
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    something with that I'm not seeing like
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    a touch probe or any other type of
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    sensor in there to be able to get Focus
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    but from all my testing that Focus has
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    been spot on now I mentioned the work
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    bed a lot of times you're going to have
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    a honeycomb work bed this one actually
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    has the slat design wow my voice is
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    messed up sorry I've got a cold so my
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    voice is all over the place your voice
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    won't crack on Friday slat design which
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    I find to be a little bit easier to work
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    with it's going to give you some bigger
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    slots to be able to pull the material
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    down through and so I like that that is
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    built directly into the machine and on
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    the safety side of things this is really
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    the first diode machine that I would be
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    fine with leaving inside as long as I
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    had a way to vent the exhaust which is
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    coming out the back it's got the great
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    safety features that we see in the
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    larger CO2 machines the big one being
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    the fact that if you open this up it's
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    going to kill the power to the laser
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    it's going to stop running that's
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    basically a must-have if you're going to
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    be working in an environment with kids
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    or Just folks that aren't familiar with
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    how these machines work the top is
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    actually coated that is why it looks
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    kind of orange when you look inside of
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    it that's real similar to the safety
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    glasses that you normally get with these
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    diode machines now all of the safety
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    factors mean that this is a Class one
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    laser versus the class 4 that you're
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    going to find with the open Gantry style
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    designs like the X tool D1 or the atom
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    stack or creality or sculpt fun or all
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    the other ones that you've seen on this
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    channel now they are marketing this as
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    an all-in-one machine and there's really
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    four big features that they've kind of
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    integrated into this the first is air
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    assist so going back to one of those
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    initial problems that we have had with
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    laser diodes so that is the air assist
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    pump it's pretty similar to a lot of the
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    pumps you might have seen before I do
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    like that it has these nice rubber feet
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    so it doesn't walk all over your
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    workspace but as you can see here with
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    the connections this is actually wired
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    directly into the machine meaning that
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    when you start a cut or engrave it will
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    automatically turn the air assist on
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    then when it's done it'll turn it off
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    now that's super similar to what you
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    find with CO2 machines but normally not
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    something you're going to find with the
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    open Gantry designs in terms of the
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    performance of air assist it does a
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    great job now another problem that the
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    all-in-one nature of this kind of helps
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    solve is the fact that rotaries are
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    usually pretty hard to work with open
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    Gantry style designs especially if we're
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    going to be doing tumblers because that
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    means that the laser head needs to be
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    pretty high off the ground other
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    companies fix this by basically raising
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    the entire machine off the ground a lot
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    of times it's like extension feet that
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    you have to screw onto the bottom but
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    what's annoying about that is if you
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    want to flip it back to doing just
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    normal engraving or cutting you have to
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    take all of those feet off since this
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    thing can go up and down you're not
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    going to run into that with this and in
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    fact actually it's a connection for it
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    right here in the back for the rotary I
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    didn't set up the rotary for this video
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    but I do plan on doing a follow-up and
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    I'll include it for that now another
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    problem that the all-in-one nature of
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    this helps to solve is positioning in
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    that this actually includes a camera you
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    can see it is right here and this
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    integrates directly into the software
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    for those open Gantry designs a lot of
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    Manufacturers have started to provide
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    cameras but it's not directly integrated
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    you got to clamp it on weird and it's
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    just awkward to get the camera to work
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    and the last problem that the all-in-one
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    nature of this solves is the fact that
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    you need an enclosure but we've already
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    talked about that it comes with this
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    nice enclosure some of the other specs
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    for this machine so this is a 20 watt
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    laser this isn't at the highest end that
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    I've seen so we've started to see some
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    machines come up to 40 Watts but 20
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    actually is a pretty good sweet spot
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    especially if we're going to be using
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    this mostly for thinner materials and if
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    you're actually going to be doing
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    engraving the more powerful your laser
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    diode gets the thicker the laser dot
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    meaning that the resolution of your
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    Engraving isn't going to be as high so I
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    think 20 is a good sweet spot that
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    they've stuck with this machine it's got
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    a max speed of 600 millimeters per
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    second that's pretty much right in line
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    with the other open Gantry designs I've
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    noticed just from using it even when I'm
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    running it at the top speeds there's not
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    a ton of movement with the machine just
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    because there's a lot more to this the
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    outside body of this is all sheet metal
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    and the internal frame is metal as well
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    so this thing really is Rock Solid now
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    the machine is really only half the
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    story the second part is the software
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    that you're going to use to control it
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    so recreate has created their own custom
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    software called we create make it
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    exclamation point what I like about it
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    is it's not web-based so it runs local
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    on your machine it's just something
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    you're going to download I'm connected
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    to the machine just by USB but there's
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    also a Wi-Fi connection that you can use
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    as well on the back now the next video
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    that I'm going to do is going to be a
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    full walkthrough of the software and
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    we're going to go through a few demo
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    projects I just wanted to give you a
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    quick look at what this looks like so
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    you pretty much have all of the normal
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    controls that you would want to find in
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    terms of being able to add things to the
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    canvas you can see right here that
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    already have a image of what is inside
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    the machine right now I actually have a
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    piece of wood that I have right here so
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    that is what it's looking at I'm going
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    to flip this around so that you can see
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    that it will get a new image and you
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    just hit refresh right here to get that
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    now you can see that is upside down and
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    you'll also autofocus it from here as
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    well it actually already is focused down
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    I can just add a quick rectangle
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    and they're going to get all of the
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    controls that you would normally need in
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    terms of if you want to engrave it fill
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    engrave it or cut it out and then if you
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    need to do different types of cuts and
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    engraves on the same piece of material
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    you're going to have multiple layers
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    that you can add in as well but the one
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    feature that I mentioned at the
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    beginning that I haven't seen on any
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    other machine isn't actually with the
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    machine itself it's with the software
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    and that is if I come over here to fill
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    engrave meaning this is going to turn
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    this into like a solid rectangle right
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    here at the bottom they're giving you
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    this nice preview I harp on the fact
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    that you always want to do test anytime
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    you're messing with a new machine and
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    new material to find out the settings
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    are going to work best for you they
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    basically have done a lot of that leg
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    work already for you and they're giving
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    you an image of what this would look
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    like at different speeds as well as
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    powers and I can actually just click on
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    it and actually something I'm just now
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    realizing what's in here that I didn't
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    know um there's a little blue square
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    going around each of these so I bet if I
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    click so let's say I'm going to do this
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    fast so let's go 250 50 at 60 power yep
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    that adjusts the power and the speed
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    settings right here that's super slick a
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    lot of times you'll have material
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    libraries where it has those settings in
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    there but being able to have it visually
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    and then being able to automatically
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    update your settings they're really
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    making this easy and they have this for
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    other materials as well all right I've
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    got everything connected I'm going to
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    come up here to start it's going to give
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    me a preview and tell me it's only going
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    to take 24 seconds I'm going to hit send
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    and then you're going to hit the only
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    physical button on this machine right
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    here to actually start it so you can't
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    start it from the computer again that's
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    another nice safety feature that you're
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    going to find on machines like glowforge
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    where you physically have to interact
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    with the machine to get it to start but
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    let's just say you have a bunch of kids
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    running around like I do and they want
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    to look inside they open it up while
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    it's running the laser actually stop the
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    fans are still running in the back so
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    it's got exhaust that's running out the
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    back but it's going to stop the laser
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    which is great now I can restart it by
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    just hitting that button again and it's
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    going to finish up the job and then once
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    it's done it basically goes back back to
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    the home position so for this the z-axis
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    is going to go all the way up to the top
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    to give you the most room to get stuff
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    in and out so all of the pre-order
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    information and links are down in the
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    description I encourage you guys to
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    check this out I would also love to know
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    what your thoughts are on this style
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    machine if this is something that you
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    would want to pick up until next time go
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    make or break something in your shop see
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    you guys
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    foreign
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    [Music]
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  • laser diodes
  • engraving
  • cutting
  • We Create Vision
  • build quality
  • air assist
  • enclosure
  • safety
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